Format: 7″
Release date: 14/11/1980
Label: Stiff
Catalogue No.: BUY 102
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: none
Chart Position: 4
Release notes: –
Tracks:
Embarrassment
Crying Shame
Spent 12 weeks in the top 75, 6 in the top ten, peaking at no. 4 for 2 weeks in December 1980
Certified Gold (400,000) in December 1980.
Sleeve
Variant 1
Glossy card sleeve
Variant 2
Matt paper sleeve
Labels
Variant 1
Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm ring
Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole
Variant 2
Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm ring
Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole
Both pink and black photo labels are common
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, pressed by CBS, Aston Clinton
Runouts – any combination of A1, A2 and B3, B4:
A-Side: BUY.102.A.1 ARUN / BUY-102.A-2 ARUN
B-Side: BUY.102.B.3 / BUY.102.B.4
Variant 3
Label profile: flat, 32mm ring. No gripper ring.
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, pressed by CBS. The ‘AY’ may indicate a pressing at the new Aylesbury plant.
Runouts – any combination of A1, A2 and B3, B4:
A-Side: BUY.102.A.1 AY 42497 ARUN / BUY-102.A-2 AY 42497 ARUN
B-Side: BUY-102.B.3 AY 42497 / BUY.102.B-4 AY 42497
Variant 4
Label profile: slope from 56mm to 44mm, 25mm ring.
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, pressed by CBS. The ‘AY’ may indicate a pressing at the new Aylesbury plant.
Vinyl appears translucent red when held in front of a bright light
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY_102.A-2 AY-47905 ARUN C / B-Side: BUY.102.B.3 AY-47905 D
Variant 5
Label profile: slight slope from 56mm to 44mm, 32mm ring
Label profile: slight slope from 56mm to 44mm, 38mm hole
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, plated by Maxwell ‘Max’ Anandappa and pressed at Lyntone, Holloway, London N19
Some vinyl appears translucent red when held in front of a bright light
Promo
BUY DJ 102
See also:
Six Pack (GRAB-1)
In Print
Sheet Music
6-page sheet music ‘KY 16023’
1980G01